3A Expertise - "Sustainable Environmental Transition Engineering" Program

General engineer, student curriculum, third-year expertise in Process and Materials Engineering for Sustainable Development.

Campus

Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Bordeaux-Talence

Objectives

Acquire specific knowledge: major environmental issues, energy consumption, supply chains, materials for the environment.

Acquire skills related to: optimal energy use, environmental improvement of industrial processes, pollution control processes

Program

Module 1: Environmental impacts of emerging industries and technologies

Conventional and emerging energy sources: nuclear energy, fossil fuels, photovoltaic and thermodynamic solar energy, wind energy, biomass, energy storage

Module 2: Metrology and Energy Management

Energy management for industrial sites
Energy management in buildings
Energy system design

Module 3 Environmental Processes

Flow, environment, energy
Aquifer/soil remediation processes
Wastewater treatment
Materials for sustainable development
Life cycle analysis

Key scientific and educational leaders in the field

Prof. Azita Ahmadi-Senichault and Prof. Nicolas Perry

Assessment methods

Written exam (continuous assessment and/or final exam) for courses, project report for certain courses, and a written report and oral defense for PJE 09 and SFE.

Teaching methods

Lectures, tutorials, project-based learning

Numerous contributions from recognized professionals in their field

3 specific modules in the expertise:

Environmental impacts of emerging industries and technologies
Metrology and energy management
Environmental processes

Benefits of the training

The training aims to provide participants with specific knowledge on major environmental issues, energy consumption, supply chains, and materials for the environment.

This training program enables participants to acquire skills related to optimal energy use, environmental improvement of industrial processes, and pollution control processes.

The training is provided by teaching staff and research professors from Arts et Métiers the University of Bordeaux, as well as largely by industrialists and experts in the field.

The courses and projects are backed by the expertise of the Institute of Engineering and Mechanics (I2M) in Bordeaux and, more broadly, in collaboration with laboratories on the Bordeaux university campus.

Career opportunities

The positions are Production Manager, Operations Manager, R&D Engineer, Research Engineer, with engineering positions in

- Engineering firms specializing in: Construction (thermal engineering or the implementation and monitoring of high environmental quality (HQE) construction projects), Renewable Energy (solar, thermodynamics, wood energy, methanization and biogas, wind power, river or marine hydroelectric power), thermal-energy or hydraulic engineering related to industrial and environmental thermal engineering,

- public service companies for waste management, water, energy, and environmental services,

- in industries related to renewable and alternative energy production, or manufacturing in the food and textile sectors, as well as industries related to natural raw materials (leather, wood, paper, petroleum, coal products), hydrocarbon processing (plastic and rubber products), non-metallic minerals, and primary metal processing.

The areas covered are:

Energy sectors, specifically renewable energies, but also professions related to buildings, energy, and construction.

Environmental field for analysis, prevention, waste and effluent treatment, remediation,

Field of materials for sustainable development (circular economy) and environmental impact assessment

Partners

Industrial: EXOGreen, Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Moon Energy, Nobatek, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia
Institutions: ENOVIA Competitiveness Cluster, Xylofutur, BRGM, APESA, ICMCB, IUT GCl
academics: DUSA, University of Bordeaux

Support: Bordeaux Institute of Engineering and Mechanics (I2M)

Targeted companies

Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Energie de la Lune, Nobatek, DUSA, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia, SMURFIT

Examples of internship opportunities offered / projects carried out

Design and construction of a positive energy solar house made of maritime pine: participation in the Solar Decathlon Europe in partnership with NOBATEK and EXOSUN.
Thermal characterization of phase change composite materials for energy storage
Design/development of an operational tool for quantifying biomass on an industrial shredding line with SMURFIT
Sensitivity analysis of thermal gradients in vertical wind profiles at VALOREM
Definition of design indicators and a method for assessing environmental performance for the development of electronic products, with a major player in aerospace electronics.
Measurement of pollutant saturation during groundwater fluctuation cycles, with Total
Integration and analysis of building data applied to a digital innovation platform with an energy component, with Vinci
Design for photovoltaic self-consumption and horticultural lighting with Eiffage Energies.

Practical information

Required level: Master's degree in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering and energy systems
Equivalent international level
Course language: French
Period: Fall
Number of hours:150
ECTS credits:13